Tired of Picking at STEPDAD SPEED? Try THIS!

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Tired of picking at STEPDAD SPEED? I know you are! That's why I designed this sick sextuplet speed burst workout, to help you gain alternate picking speed, power, dynamics, and control, all while reducing tension so you shred it smooth as silk!!! Or your money back!
This workout in A minor has us shifting between 16th notes and sextuplets in every measure; with every section, the sextuplet moves to a different beat, which will help you build control and rhythmic awareness. It's a winner, and you'll get even more out of it with those practice tracks, TABs, and guitar pro files on my Patreon page!
Gear:
Jackson Virtuoso
Synergy 800
UA OX
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[@BenEller]

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[@nacuda9]

Hey, from a STEPDAD! (I'm not lol) It's, much faster, much cleaner. You young kids and your schooling.

[@flavy1000]

Another excellent one,for correcting our technique... thanks Uncle Ben!

[@MehYam2112]

Love these, keep ‘em coming. One thing I’ve noticed is that sometimes I pick up the guitar, and it’s just not there or you’re not feeling it for some reason. Then I’ll put on a new stepdad video, play along, and then 90 minutes later I’ve had an epic play session out of nowhere. I remember reading a Randy Rhoads article that talked about how on tour he’d find a guitar teacher at every stop and just take a lesson. He should have been the one giving lessons probably, but just the act of trying something different or new is a big part of how music works.

[@BenEller]

Love that!!!

[@GeneralTHC]

I tend to think of it like a health meter in a video game. It doesn't take much of a drop before I feel it's affecting my playing. If I feel even slightly off-whether it's a cold or a bad night's sleep-I can struggle with playing my best stuff and making it look easy. On days when I'm in a great mood and have loads of energy in reserve, I play effortlessly and might even have one of those rare "Troy Grady pop tart moments," thinking, "Wow, did I just play THAT?" I've noticed that lifting weights before I play can impact me slightly. But I'm 50 years old, and that may not be an issue for younger musicians. But yes, I think it's perfectly normal to have "off" days, which is really a bummer when you really want to play.

[@lonnie3337]

Great comment 👍 That’s a good story

[@satchrules101]

@@BenEller looks easy … but for me it’s a challenge in a half ! Great lesson specially for the up stroke to get the air time ! Thanks again Ben !

[@scottashe984]

RR had students and took lessons.

[@kg322]

Uncle Ben is actually my father.

[@paulmdevenney]

NO! That's impossible!

[@kg322]

@@paulmdevenney are we.... brothers??

[@cyanidejunkie]

We love your Uncle Daddy! But his brother, Gertrude? Not so much.

[@cyanidejunkie]

@@paulmdevenney They didn’t get the reference. Lol.

[@LEE_MILLARD]

Step dad....

[@mitchpattimusic]

This is like a grid-style exercise! We do these in the drumline world and I've been experimenting with them on guitar too. They're really useful. Nice!

[@BenEller]

This was actually directly inspired by a Thomas Lang drum clinic I recently attended at EDrum Center in Knoxville !

[@mitchpattimusic]

@@BenEller no shit! That's so dope.

[@bestboy897]

ohhh this is gonna give my two remaining brain cells a run for their money gonna have to track the subdivisions carefully lol awesome stuff uncle ben

[@FleetinDream]

Thank you daddothy

[@patrickstjohn1254]

Ive been playing guitar for 33 years and I'm trying to actually learn guitar theory on a standard tuned guitar after decades of drop G chug riffs with garbage floppy strings. Ben has been the #1 most helpful teacher I've found so far and it's exciting to see actual fast progress in my playing from the things I learn in his videos! Thanks Ben! 😎💪🏽🌋🎸🎸🎸🎸👍🏽💚

[@progjazz77]

5:16 when your guitar teacher notices you aren’t paying attention.

[@Marc9889]

Now if I can just find someone to play the baseline while I practice the drills, I'll be ripping in no time. Thanks Ben!

[@randallhaney7909]

Hey Uncle Benny Bob. Thanks for another super cool lesson. But hey? .. Here in Oklahoma? We find some words are just wrong to use. And at the top of that list is .. Fast, Clean & Smart. I don't know if'n I can do it; .. Ya know? Break from tradition and all? With the Fast, Clean & Smart stuff? Besides it's the most exciting time of day here. I gotta go out and sit on the front porch. And watch "the wind come sweeping across the plains" It never gets old.

[@wmot206]

I like the way you demo'd the picking w/o worrying about the left hand first. That's very helpful to me to get the right hand dialed in first. (Plus love the green guitar!)

[@BenEller]

Divide and conquer!

[@user-bk6zb9wn5l]

Great lesson sir. Thank you for all your content👍

[@DHgtr1]

Great exercise Ben Thanks Dave

[@danalaitinen961]

This is helpful. Thanks for sharing!

[@efranco37]

I like clever little variations that show off like this. The way that the sextuplets travel is still tucked in neatly. Thank you, Ben!

[@Jadusart]

This is a great lesson. Thanks for this Uncle Ben.

[@xman8157]

Thanks again UB for another awesome lesson 😎👍

[@bradh1870]

This would be a fantastic idea to transfer to the rest of the possible 2 string scale shapes. Especially the combos that cross the B string.

[@jacksguitarplanet]

Thanks Ben. I’ll give it a go.

[@klauswigsmith]

Another great lesson from Uncle Ben, YES!

[@crackerfoot3152]

This is actually (close to) the riff at 1:06 of "Story to Tell" by Death. I guess that's how Chuck kept his chops up! 🤘

[@17colosal]

This really works. Thanks

[@2974dc]

Tío Ben-ha-mean always puts up some cool stuff, and the coolest guitars. I love that Jackson.

[@MikhailKoslowski]

This is the first time I'm able to play one of your exercises at full speed from the get go! Others I had to start slower and build up to speed, some I can't even play. But happy to see I'm improving in technique and playing relaxed by doing those exercises :) Thanks!

[@micahkeren-zvi9208]

really dig this one. can apply to it to a pretty much unlimited variety of sounds/combinations of six notes (3 per string.) and i get to keep my pick slanted downward throughout. nice!

[@eigengrau1]

So let's melt some pics here, thanks again Uncle Ben..! Dunlop=Stonks📈

[@CookbookAdventures]

I love that shirt man.. I need that in my life. Grew up with that movie as a kid ... WHERE IS MY BIRTHDAY CAKE???

[@MarkFromHawaii]

More is more. Love, Yngwie

[@philbeckerguitar]

Love this! Thanks Ben!

[@BenEller]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BOER1717]

Awesome video as always uncle B! Btw, have you recently changed your faster picking technique a little? Looks a little more elbow vs your previous wrist only Approach

[@gd9986]

i thought i'd give this is a go, since i'm in stepdad territory. I took a few videos once i thought my playing was clean but in every burst of speed, i'm clearly tensing up. I'm getting tense trying to relax lol.

[@billyarsenault1970]

UB always has the most accessible picking exercises. Anytime I need a new one I just “pick” a vid that interests me. 🤷‍♀️

[@12breacher82]

The title of this is bringing on some ouchie feels, and I’m just an uncle myself. Great lesson!

[@mhenasey]

love that guitar!

[@jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643]

This is super cool

[@yippy327]

Very cool! Reminds me of some of Iron Maiden leads. Thanks Uncle Ben! ✌

[@chucksaeger7500]

Very nice! I’m gonna practice this till my fingers bleed; or maybe just till I get tired!

[@BenEller]

You can do it!

[@NotBenCoultry]

8:03 there's a video of a Zappa vs Vai live solo back-n-forth and it's like that. Non stop 16ths make for non-stop suck, and even amazing guitarists suck occasionally.

[@NotBenCoultry]

Found her. No guitars were allowed to breathe here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inbRq5embJaIbZo

[@serirracional]

Cool lesson, thanks! Whats the step dad tempo and what could be a decent target tempo to aim? Thanks!

[@Cbuzz1399]

meow at 3:16

[@ravikant840]

Did anyone mention that his lessons are perfectly sized? Always. And the techniques he shows are interchangeable across most of his lessons? And you can mix them up to get a lot more out of the small window you get to practice after a long day of work?

[@BenEller]

I’ve been told “it’s just the right size” before, but never so nicely! Thanks!

[@ClassicPass_]

Seems to be a ton of new folk in the comments section. Unhip to the step-dad vernacular... welcome new folk!

[@BenEller]

Hahaha I’m noticing that! Welcome, nieces and nephews!

[@jonnyf9049]

Hmm, lets see if this helps. I actually reached the point of I think I cant go faster. Especially for only downpicking. Alternate picking goes much further

[@danidcr]

nice! 👌👍 .... but we need the Inside Picking version too (my nightmareee 😓) !!!

[@jonathanalcover1539]

nice exercise! bit of a mindf*ck to me as my economy bad habits trick me into upstroke returning to D string

[@SteveFye]

Ben is the type of uncle who would buy you alcohol when your stepdad would not.

[@AceAskin]

Reminiscent of the theme in The Ripper by Judas Priest. Love it!

[@paulmccusker4305]

I don't need yer tab, I get it all by ear... Cheers dude love yer lessons 🤘

[@archkarr18]

love your stepdad comments😂😂😂

[@SupMitchiz]

Thanks for the awesome content dude. Have you been endorsed by Uncle Ben's rice yet?

[@paulburton5150]

I’m still working my way up to stepdad speed

[@jcrossley3]

After getting comfortable with downstrokes on the beat, try it with upstrokes on the beat.

[@andrewbettis4247]

Seriously, what's your beef with your stepdads? Lol, great shred exercise... thanks, Uncle Ben.🤘🤘

[@MDBYSL]

Uncle Ben is actually my father also.

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

Do a vid on Yngwie Malmsteen’s patterns. James Cintolo has done several vids on this. Yngwie himself has said he plays patterns (Yngwie Malmsteen Play Loud! I believe). These patterns demystify a lot of what he does. I’m sure YOU know that but for the rest of us! Do us a solid, brother!

[@ScottfromBaltimore]

I don't think I'm ready. This could be exactly what I need. #ThoughtWar

[@hexn00b52]

I like the mini statue of pazuzu in the background. Lol

[@BenEller]

He is here!

[@bosneb]

I AM tired of picking at stepdad speed. How did you know?

[@tgstk2]

Uncle ben used to be my favorite auntie

[@deansnider6553]

Uncle Ben my mom says hi 👋🏻

[@R1PP3R_93]

@3:15 Alright meow 😹

[@impoopnrightnow906]

*UNCLE BEN!*

[@BenEller]

HI

[@jasonpitts8395]

All you need is the pick of destiny.

[@JB19504]

Hey Ben. I am subscribed with the bell set to ALL, but I haven't seen you lately. Why?

[@BenEller]

Dude, the algorithm gods just decide to not shine up us sometimes. So lame. I’ve been posting weekly content nonstop forever now, so be sure to catch up on what you missed and stop in on the regular.

[@mksounds6326]

That's a tasty grilled cheese you fried up. Out to the woodshed!

[@andypearce5537]

I love you son!❤

[@burnsZY85]

I struggle with this big time.

[@tonesdad0408]

What is step-dad speed. Cuz if I was someone's step-dad my kid would say step-dad speed is Mechanix speed lol

[@BenEller]

Hahaha

[@graysonhester2955]

I’m fine with my picking speed, but my stepdad has got to go

[@sirtogii5216]

Will haul my ass over to Patreon as soon as I'm done with other distractions!

[@BenEller]

Huzzah! See you there!

[@rumy6871]

This dad picks the guitar like he does his behind, nice and slow. You hyper kids feel free to shred those dingle berries.

[@beforethunder4987]

Don't forget Mo' Better!

[@SIGMA-PHONIC]

I love your rice! But you look different on screen than on the box... also, the part where you went widdly widdlie widly. I felt that in my soul 🤘🤪👌

[@Kreecher82]

Uncle ben is actually my son

[@hiflyerint8119]

Kiss - I was made for lovin' you..

[@nezumiketsui5644]

Sounds like Chuck Schuldiner

[@rumy6871]

Fun fact: The guitar is named after MLB slugger Reggie Jackson.

[@thirdlegstalliano]

Mr. October

[@o0Donuts0o]

Dunno Uncle Ben. My stepdad can move pretty fast 😢

[@GeneralTHC]

Bro, did you have an awful stepdad or what?

[@kojam1]

It's so evenly syncopated I'm inclined to believe it's autotuned... But, you know, it's not singing. Ben, the need to study that right hand off yours

[@daniels7624]

Hey, what's wrong with STEPDADs !!!??!? 😛

[@therealandrecorbin4050]

Speed bursts in small groups, is absolutely the way. I wasted years with a metronome slow and perfect, don't do that.

[@greevar]

Alright meow...

I used to be a stepdad. Worst title in the world.

[@rnbsn777]

Come on...alternate picking is so boring. I can only listen to it for short intervals. That's why Neal Schon or EVH are the best. They play melodic and at times blazing fast. But if you want to see a fast alternate picker check out Michael Angelo Batio people.

[@DrowningInDejaVu]

He’s my step mom